June 30 2011Graydon Head announced the election of J. Stephen Smith '95 to the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors, representing the 6th District. Smith was sworn in at The Kentucky Bar Association Annual Banquet in Frankfort, Kentucky on June 16. His previous involvement with the KBA includes serving on the Ethics Committee and Ethics Hotline (2005 - June 2011). As a Hotline member he provided ethics guidance to Kentucky attorneys in the 21 counties of the 6th Appellate District. Smith is also an adjunct professor at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law, where he teaches Ethics.

Licensed in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, Smith has a background in employment law and litigation, complex commercial disputes, construction, white collar crime, professional ethics, attorney discipline, and securities arbitration. His clients range from family businesses to multinational corporations in both state and federal courts. Smith practices in Graydon Head’s Northern Kentucky office and is a resident of Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky.